National Register of Historic Places
Krebsville Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi
The record
- Listed
- May 22, 2013
- Type
- Historic district
- Address
- Roughly bounded by Lake, Cedar, Pine & Market Sts., Laurel & Denny Aves., Pascagoula
- County
- Jackson
- State
- Mississippi
- Contributing resources
- 131 buildings
- Coordinates
- 30.38087, -88.55419
- Reference number
- 13000303
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The story
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The Krebsville Historic District (Boundary Increase) is a 165-acre historic district in Pascagoula, Jackson County, roughly bounded by Lake, Cedar, Pine and Market Streets and Laurel and Denny Avenues. It has 131 contributing buildings, and it was listed in the National Register in 2013.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria C and D, with local significance in architecture and community planning and development. The nomination gives its period of significance as 1883 to 1963, reflecting construction dating from 1883.
Physical character
Its buildings include Queen Anne, Folk Victorian, Craftsman bungalow, Colonial Revival, Minimal Traditional and Ranch examples. Walls include clapboard, brick and concrete block, and some are sided in asbestos shingle, vinyl or Hardy Plank; roofs are asphalt shingle or pressed metal. Porch details include wraparound porches, turned posts, tapered columns on brick pedestals and Doric columns. Changes include a side gable addition made 1924-1950, a rear garage addition and replacement vinyl windows, and a building dated 1954 was altered about c. 1980.
Historical context
Historic uses in the district included single and multiple dwellings, a school, a fire station, specialty stores, manufacturing and rail-related transportation. Building dates in the nomination include 1883, 1885-1892, 1903-1906, 1906-1909 and 1945-1955, and others are dated 2008 and 2009.